Event Details

Coming up this April, 11th to the 17th the world’s top kiteboarders will drop their board bags at La Franqui, in the south of France, for the first stop of the World Kiteboarding League 2017 Freestyle Elite League.

Since its creation 21 years ago, the Mondial Du Vent has become one of the largest and most well known global kiteboarding events. Over the years, Mairie de Leucate has provided innovative and progressive competition formats, gaining wider media coverage with each passing year.

The Mondial Du Vent is also famous for its well-known North Westerly wind: the Tramontana. This event is known for its challenging and tough conditions, that make it one of the most impressive tour stops. The side off-shore wind conditions prove to be ideal for spectators, allowing them front row seats to watch the impressive array of tricks from the top global kiteboarders.

The Mondial Du vent is a unique event that gathers many board sport disciplines at the same spot, allowing the public and riders to mingle with each other. World Champions from Windsurf, Kitesurf and SUP make this a friendly and open atmosphere that encourage many people to attend. The Occitanie region has become well known for its wind conditions, and has built a solid economic system upon this, represented by the Mondial Du Vent partners in the “Village de la Gliss” that is set up along the beachfront in La Franqui.

Event Promo

2017 Freestyle Qualifier League Event

In addition to the first WKL Freestyle Elite League event, Leucate will be host to the Qualifier event for the 2017 WKL Freestyle Elite League. In this Qualifier event riders that are not yet pre-qualified can compete for a spot on the 2017 Freestyle Elite League Tour. For more information and registration details, see the page for the 2017 Qualifier League event.

Results

Men

PLACE

1

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Liam Whaley

Points Earned:1000

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2

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Carlos Mario

Points Earned:900

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3

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Set Teixeira

Points Earned:810

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4

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Stefan Spiessberger

Points Earned:730

PLACE

5

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Posito Martinez

Points Earned:680

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6

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Aaron Hadlow

Points Earned:630

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7

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Alex Pastor

Points Earned:580

PLACE

8

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Robinson Hilario

Points Earned:540

PLACE

9

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Oswald Smith

Points Earned:500

PLACE

9

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Alexandre Neto

Points Earned:500

PLACE

9

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Adeuri Corniel

Points Earned:500

PLACE

9

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Michael Schitzhofer

Points Earned:500

PLACE

13

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Youri Zoon

Points Earned:380

PLACE

13

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Nicolas Delmas

Points Earned:380

PLACE

13

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David Tonijuan

Points Earned:380

PLACE

13

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Jerome Cloetens

Points Earned:380

PLACE

17

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Antoine Fermon

Points Earned:340

PLACE

17

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Arthur Guillebert

Points Earned:340

PLACE

17

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Valentin Garat

Points Earned:340

PLACE

17

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Rens van der Schoot

Points Earned:340

PLACE

21

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Christian Tio

Points Earned:300

PLACE

21

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Julian Krikken

Points Earned:300

PLACE

21

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Lucas Ferreira

Points Earned:300

PLACE

21

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Simon Lamusse

Points Earned:300

Women

PLACE

1

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Bruna Kajiya

Points Earned:1000

PLACE

2

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Annabel van Westerop

Points Earned:900

PLACE

3

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Francesca Bagnoli

Points Earned:810

PLACE

4

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Annelous Lammerts

Points Earned:730

PLACE

5

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Hannah Whiteley

Points Earned:680

PLACE

5

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Paula Novotna

Points Earned:680

PLACE

7

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Rita Arnaus

Points Earned:580

PLACE

7

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Maureen Castelle

Points Earned:580

PLACE

9

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Pauline Valesa

Points Earned:500

PLACE

9

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Liloo Fourre

Points Earned:500

PLACE

11

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Therese Taabbel

Points Earned:430

PLACE

11

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Vera Klabbers

Points Earned:430

Ladders

Freestyle Elite League – Men

Freestyle Elite League – Women

Registration

Pre-qualified riders do not need to register for this event. Riders who are not yet qualified and want to compete in the Qualifier League Event that starts on April 10th can find more information, and register by purchasing a qualifier ticket on the page for the 2017 Qualifier League event.

Accommodation

The Mondial du Vent event will be held at the small village of La Franqui. In La Franqui itself there are no hotels, only apartments. A list of apartments will be added to this page soon.In the nearby towns Leucate (7 km) and Port Leucate (10 km) there are hotels available. Please see the link above for more information.

For pre-qualified WKL kiteboarders apartments will be made available for the days of the event. Extra days before or after the event can be booked by contacting the Leucate Event Organizers at valerie.salles@orange.fr.